The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-19

Before the fire had been out two hours tn
trustees and citizens had assembled and re-
solved to rebuild the Institute Immediately.
Atlanta Constitution: There has been
some talk in the newspapers about Gov.
Gordon signing an act giving to w. w. Boyd
and others certain lottery privileges and IN
regard to the unconstitutionality OF the act
An investigation yesterday disclosed the fol
lowing facts: The Legislature did pass an
act entitled an act to amend an act to repeal
! an act establishing a lottery, etc, and IN
that act there is something said about lot
terry privileges granted to Boyd and others.
! The object of the act was not, however, to
| give any one the right to operate lottery
| even for charitable purposes, but was
passed at the instance, it is thought, of
Attorney General Anderson for the purpose
of freeing the old Georgia lottery property,
| on the corner of Forsyth and Walton
streets, from some legal trouble. The
property now occupied by the Young Mems
Christian Association is in litigation, and
| the act was passed for the purpose of freeing
| it from its trouble The paragraphs that
have been published in regard to the matter
have carried with them the inference that
the Governor approved a measure clearly
and plainly unconstitutional. The wording
of the title of the act was deceptive, but
careful reading will disabuse any mind OF
the impression that it establishes i'll any
form lottery.
AT Ellijay Mit Jarvis fell from the top to
the bottom of a well IS feet deep on last
Tuesday evening and was instantly killed.
Jarvis got in the bucket with one foot and
holding TO the rope, and Jasper Grant and
Sam Dodson proceeded TO slowly lower him.
After the windlass had unwound about 10
feet. Jarvis said 'good-byn to Mr.. Cobb's
little 12-year-old son Willie who answered
back good-by. At this instant the rope
broke and hurled the body of Jarvis down the
narrow defile of the well to its rock bottom.
The well is very narrow and was blasted
about 80 feet from the bottom, which left
the sides of the well studded with the sharp
points OF the rock projecting from all
around. His companions called out to him
from above, but no response came from the
horrible death pit below save a splashing
noise of the struggling man in the throes of
death. William Baity was the first man
gritty enough TO consent to go down the
well. Silently and slowly he was lowered,
and witnessed alone the frightful scene that
met his gaze in the weird conYLes of the
darkened pit The bottom of tho well is
slanting, and contained about ten inches OF
water on the lower side, while
the rough surface of the bottom
was covered over in mud Jarvis was
standing on his head in the water, dead, and
his limbs crushed about him. A rope was
tied around his body and it was drawn out
of the well. His neck was thought to be
broken, and two very ugly gashes were cut
on his head, one over his right eye and the
other across the top of his head. His right
knee cap was crushed and right heel cut
nearly off. Several bruised places were over
his body which turned black nearly al over.
From bis position when discovered he must
have fallen head downward.